Total Value Of Contract Now Worth $379 Million

Boeing announced this week it was recently awarded a $19.9 million US Army contract modification to expand its support of the Apache Reliability and Safety Recapitalization program.

The Recap program, based in Mesa, AZ provides the US Army with a kit of 24 AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter components that have been overhauled and upgraded to improve reliability as measured by mean time between removals. The parts include the main rotor head, the transmission, gear boxes and much of the helicopter's drivetrain.

The company says it is working continuously to increase the parts' reliability and safety as the Army's Apache fleet flies at an accelerated rate in ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The contract modification provides additional kits to Boeing's Apache Longbow production program, which will incorporate the parts into remanufactured AH-64D helicopters. The Recap contract, now valued at $379 million, runs through mid-2010.

"The Apache Recap program is an important building block in our comprehensive sustainment solution for the US Army Apache fleet," said Montie Schlotterbeck, Boeing's Apache Recap program manager. "We're focused on providing readiness at the best possible value for our customers, and our Apache sustainment programs continue to do just that."

The Recap program is one of several Apache sustainment solutions Boeing Support Systems provides the US Army. Under the Apache Performance-Based Logistics program, Boeing provides total logistics support for hundreds of AH-64D components.

The US Army uses Apaches to fulfill attack helicopter and reconnaissance requirements. Featuring fully integrated avionics and weapons, plus state-of-the-art digital communications capabilities, the Apache Longbow helicopter can rapidly detect, classify, prioritize and engage stationary and moving opposition targets at standoff ranges in nearly all weather environments.

FMI: www.boeing.com, www.army.mil